Elevate cancels 2020 tech festival, secures $5 million to launch new global innovation hub
As Elevate joins the drove of conferences to cancel their 2020 events due to safety concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Events
Uniting the Prairies to be held virtually in September
Uniting the Prairies (UP), a tech conference that aims to bring together and elevate tech communities in Canada’s Prairies…
Quantum startup Qoherent wins $100,000 investment prize at 10th-annual Startupfest
Startupfest has announced the winners of several pitch competitions and awards at its 10th-annual festival, which was held…
Trudeau highlights importance of Canadian tech in COVID-19 response at Collision from Home
Thursday was the final day of Collision from Home, the virtual tech summit held in place of Collision Conference due to the…
Velocity announces winners of its first virtual pitch competition
University of Waterloo-based incubator Velocity recently hosted its first virtual Velocity Fund Pitch Competition (VFPC), investing…
Adaptiiv wins $100,000 in Atlantic Canada’s first Health Challenge Pitch Event
Halifax-based healthtech startup Adaptiiv Medical Technologies won Atlantic Canada’s first Health Challenge Pitch Event,…
Startupfest to host 2020 festival through hybrid in-person and online model
Startupfest has announced it will be hosting its 10th-annual festival via a live broadcast with a studio audience in Old Montréal.…
Web Summit to be held in-person and online using event software demoed at Collision
Web Summit will go ahead as organizers had promised earlier this month. The event is now set to be held in December and will…
OMERS’ Laura Lenz, Information Venture Partners among winners of the 2020 CVCA Awards
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has announced the winners of the 2020 CVCA Awards, ahead…
Ocean Supercluster launches competition for ocean tech innovators
The Ocean Supercluster’s Ocean Startup Project has launched a new competition for entrepreneurs from rural, Indigenous, and…
Three projects win $100,000 in prizes from Québec’s Post-COVID competition
The winners of Post-COVID, a virtual competition launched in April by Bonjour Startup Montréal, Desjardins, and Google Canada,…
Director-general of World Health Organization to speak at Collision from Home
Collision from Home has announced that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO),…
Two Northern Ontario teams selected to receive funding from Vale COVID-19 Challenge
Two Canadian solutions are among the eleven winners of the Vale COVID-19 Challenge, a competition collectively offering up…
Volta launches program to help Atlantic Canada founders navigate COVID-19 recovery
Atlantic Canada innovation hub Volta is opening applications for a new six-week program led by various industry experts to…
Startup Canada’s Canadian Export Challenge to be held virtually due to COVID-19
Startup Canada has announced the second annual Canadian Export Challenge (CXC), a competition for entrepreneurs to pitch and…